The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 71

Episode 71 Vampire (1)

A few hours after Cheolgon’s group left.

As night fell, we set up guard and started getting ready for bed.

at that time.

Knock knock.

Someone.

They came to the building we were in.

“…Who is it at this hour?”

In the past, people who knocked on your door late at night usually did not have very good business.

Especially in today’s world.

I carefully opened the door of the building along with the soldiers who were getting ready for bed.

OK.

“hello.”

A pale-skinned man stood in front of the door.

Behind him are two people who appear to be subordinates.

“…Who are you.”

“I came here because Mr. Park Cheol-gon introduced me.”

Park Cheol-gon.

This is the name of the old man who was the leader of the survivor group earlier.

He definitely said that if he goes and introduces himself, he will be able to meet someone over there quickly.

Anyway, that’s true.

It’s only been a few hours since Cheol-gon left.

There’s no way the person over there is this fast.

I never thought it would come at a time like this.

I was a little confused.

I spoke to the soldiers behind me.

“First of all, just like we planned the rotation earlier. “Make sure you stay awake and take turns going to bed.”

“yes.”

“Gwangil and Suhyuk, let’s go together.”

My two leaders and I took the visitors to a room in the corner of the building.

I lit the candle, being careful not to let light leak outside the window.

“The introduction is late. “I came from a guild called [Gangwon-do Survivors Association].”

“Guild…?”

“ah. You may not know. If a certain number of awakened people gather, they can create a group recognized by the system. A small group is a clan. Large groups are called guilds. “It’s rare for many awakened people to gather together, so many people don’t even know the clan exists.”

clan.

Guild.

Of course we know that.

[Guild name: Steel Legion]

We are also a guild-sized organization.

‘As I recall. To reach the guild, you need more than 100 awakened people.’

I thought it would be a fairly large group, but

does that mean there are more than 100 awakened people?

“My name is Wantae Kwon, and I am in charge of scouting at the guild.”

A man says that and offers to shake hands.

Is it suddenly appearing as an official title?

First of all, according to our title, I am the guild leader.

‘Externally, Lieutenant Kim is taking on the role of representative.’

Consider it my title.

“I’m Shin Young-jun, a cook.”

“Cooking sickness?”

A sound of puffing.

“iced coffee. sorry. “Then who should I talk to?”

“First of all, I am the most senior soldier here. “I think you can talk to me.”

“With cooking sickness…? I understand for now.”

hmm.

I don’t like it.

“Hmm. First of all, I would like to apologize for visiting late at night.”

The man sitting down said.

“But I hope you understand. “For us, we wanted to meet them as soon as possible.”

“You mean us?”

“From what I heard from Mr. Cheolgon, I heard that they are special forces members.”

“…It’s similar.”

“Oh, as expected!”

The man continued speaking with admiration.

“You may have heard it through rumors. We were lucky enough to secure a lot of weapons and food.”

“It was hard to believe it when I heard the rumor… but it seems to be true.”

“yes. But there is one thing missing. “He is someone you can trust.”

Just because there is an abundance of weapons and food is not everything.

In the end, it is only meaningful if there are people you can trust.

“If you come from a special forces unit, you can probably use the weapons we have well. Moreover, you are trustworthy people who have received Cheolgon’s guarantee. “Because they are talented people that I want to work with as quickly as possible.”

“okay.”

“I’ll tell you straight. “Please join our coalition.”

“Oh, about that….”

We came here to propose an alliance, not to join.

I was going to say something like that.

The guy who cuts me off and opens his mouth.

“of course! I heard that you also have military equipment such as guns and military vehicles. Since you came from a special forces unit, you must be confident in your combat abilities. But trust me. If you join us, we can make you stronger.”

“Are you talking about awakening?”

“You know. Maybe there are awakened people among you. But the number will not be large.”

hmm.

Almost 90% of them are awakened.

“But if you join us, we can awaken you right away. You will be able to gain strength that is incomparable to when you were an ordinary human. You will no longer have to worry about being killed by a monster.”

You can make me an awakened person right away.

Looking at the mention of the existence of the [Guild], I can tell that there are more than a hundred awakened people here.

Since they are a force this size, it is not surprising that they know about the awakening method.

‘But… apart from that, awakening isn’t that easy of a task, is it?’

A task that requires you to kill a living monster yourself.

As it is a dangerous task, awakening must be done carefully.

‘Did you use a bit of bravado to attract talented people?’

no.

You never know.

It’s possible that these guys are so powerful that there are a lot of monsters captured alive for awakening purposes.

I looked at the man’s face, wondering if something might happen.

[Identification of food ingredients (enhanced)]

By the way.

Information unfolds before your eyes.

It was a little strange.

[Primates – Humans (Vampires)]

[Freshness – Best]

[Awakened: Wantae Kwon]

[Job: Lesser Vampire Knight Lv. 14]

[Characteristics: Minor Vampirism, Minor Fog, Minor Dark Affinity…]

‘…Hmm.’

What should I say?

I feel like I’ve seen something I shouldn’t have seen.

I glanced at the two men standing behind him.

[Occupation: Lowest Vampire Knight Lv. 7]

[Job: Lowest Vampire Knight Lv. 8]

This….

I don’t think I saw it wrong.

I asked the guy, hiding the change in expression.

“From what you say, it seems like you are also an awakened person.”

“yes. you’re right.”

“May I ask what profession you awakened to?”

Then the man’s face frowned slightly.

“hmm. “You should know that among awakened people, it is rude to ask for other people’s information.”

“Is that so? “Because I don’t know much.”

“…There’s nothing I can’t tell you. I am a warrior. “I use a knife.”

Kwon Wan-tae taps the rapier at his waist.

Warrior.

Be a warrior.

[Occupation: Lesser Vampire Knight]

[This is an occupation given to those who are chosen by a noble and become their subjects.]

‘Damn.’

What is a warrior?

Vampire knight?

No matter how you look at it, it’s an ominous name.

It’s just a name, but it’s a vampire that is friendly to humans.

I thought that might be a possibility.

[Lesser Vampirism]

[Recovers vitality through vampirism.]

[You can increase your stats by completely absorbing the life of the human species.]

[Currently absorbed human life – 37]

That thought did not last long.

The number of lives absorbed is 37.

This figure is too high to allow for the possibility that only villains were killed.

These guys.

It is the enemy of man.

“Can I ask one more question?”

“yes. anything.”

“Mr. Park Cheol-gon.”

A man named Park Cheol-gon.

At first, some people misunderstood us as deserters.

After realizing it was a misunderstanding, he tried to repay the favor he had received from us.

“What happened to him?”

“Oh, I didn’t tell you that news. Mr. Park Cheol-gon and his group also joined us. “He was very happy.”

“…okay.”

In this day and age, there aren’t many people who can show something like that.

‘He was a good person.’

Feeling a little bitter.

I asked the man the last question.

“I guess it was you who took Park Cheol-gon to the guild, right?”

“yes. “You can say that I am in full charge of our union’s scouting work.”

“Good.”

“yes?”

still.

Now that I can take revenge.

I said, getting up from my seat.

“Gwangil. “Soohyuk.”

“yes.”

[Skill – Chef’s Eye activates.]

[‘Intermediate Cooking Secret – Enlightenment on how to prepare human primates (vampires)’ is acquired.]

“The weak point is the heart. If you use the skill called fog, physical attacks won’t work, but it’s low-level at best. The maintenance time will not be long. “He’s pretty strong, but you guys can handle him easily.”

“…I thought there was something strange about the conversation. It was something like that. understand.”

“uh? Am I the only one who didn’t understand? “Sergeant Shin, what are you talking about?”

“You just have to follow me.”

After hearing what I said, Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk nodded and said.

Gwangil was tilting his head.

“yes? What are you saying… wait. “Did you just say fog painting?”

It seems like he hasn’t noticed the strange thing yet.

Ignoring the man who asked what I was talking about.

He took out the combat rations and stuffed them into his mouth.

[All abilities increase.]

[Due to the effect of ‘Absolute Taste’, the effect of cooking increases by 50%.]

“Let’s go.”

“What about fog… No way, you guys. “How did you notice-.”

The man seemed to have finally realized something.

towards him.

Taang-!

Seo Soo-hyuk quickly took out his gun and a flood of bullets came.

“Kuhuh…!”

The scouter who was talking to us.

A hole was created in the heart of low-ranking vampire knight Kwon Wan-tae.

[Identification of food ingredients (enhanced)]

[Freshness: Best → Medium]

The freshness of this food has dropped sharply.

“What are you doing!”

“Inferior breeds dare to kill Brother Wontae…!”

The men standing behind him drew their weapons.

I swung the kitchen knife at the guys.

I had planned to cut off the breathing tube first, following the ‘maintenance method’ that came into my head.

Whoa,

their bodies turned into red mist.

As much as I swing the sword, it only stirs up the fog.

‘Tsk.’

The response is better than I expected.

“Shit. It makes you use your characteristics. “Your identity was revealed.”

“That’s not important! We must quickly ask the queen for support…!”

The guys who turned into fog tried to run out of the building.

but.

“Where!”

Corporal Jeon Gwang-il kicked the floor and ran out with a ‘thud’ sound.

Unlike Kwon Wan-tae, who was a ‘low-level vampire knight’ over level 10.

Those guys are ‘lowest level vampire knights.’

As the misting characteristic was also at the lowest level, it did not last long.

“Kahaha! “The truth has finally been revealed!”

“Ugh…”

Kwasik.

Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s fist penetrated one person’s chest.

The guy who had penetrated the vampire’s body was holding his heart in his hand.

“Hee hee hee.”

“Kru … You look sad because you lost your friend. “I’ll meet you in the same place!”

Gwangil was talking nonsense and grabbed the other guy’s neck.

The moment the other hand was about to stab the vampire’s chest.

“Jeon Gwang-il. “Stop for a moment.”

“Loyalty!”

The guy who was covered in madness immediately stopped his actions at my command.

Seo Soo-hyuk saw that and looked at me and asked.

“Aren’t you going to kill me? “If it turns into fog again, I think I’ll have no choice but to miss it.”

“Wait a moment.”

I took out a piece of beef jerky from the combat ration pouch on my waist.

There’s something I made just in case something like this happens.

[Jerky of Lethargy of an Intermediate Chef]

“That guy. “Open your mouth.”

“yep.”

“Stop it. “What are you going to feed me…!”

“Something delicious.”

Gwangil opened the vampire’s mouth.

I tried to stuff the beef jerky inside, avoiding the sharp fangs.

‘for a moment. These guys. ‘I said he was a vampire.’

‘Mac’, who was occupying the hardware warehouse, only ate hardware.

‘If they only have the same name as the vampires I know and are of a different race or something, these guys would probably need a suitable dish as well.’

hmm.

then.

‘The quality of hastily prepared dishes may be a bit low. It doesn’t matter.’

I placed my wrist on top of the beef jerky I had taken out.

I lightly drew on it using the [Dokgo-gu style].

“Sergeant Shin!?”

“Calm down, dude.”

It’s not that I suddenly lost my attachment to life.

As my blood dripped onto the beef jerky.

The name of the dish has changed.

[Jerky of lethargy imbued with the blood of a mid-level chef]

This is it.

Beef jerky that has absorbed blood and become somewhat moist.

I stuffed it into the vampire guy’s mouth.

“Kukkuk, you’re giving me blood. “I don’t know what you were thinking, but you’re going to regret it…”

I thought he was talking nonsense.

The guy soon becomes limp.

“…Sergeant Shin’s debuff dish. “The effect seems to get stronger as the days go by.”

As the level exceeds 20, the effects of cooking, which were already strong, have become stronger.

I felt like I had completely fallen asleep, dominated by extreme lethargy.

“For now, I did as you asked, but… what is this?”

Gwangil, who was carrying the slumped vampire, asked curiously.

This guy is just as amazing as he is.

You burst a vampire’s heart at my command and still don’t know what’s going on.

“It’s the same with the fact that these guys turned into fog, and the reason we had to mix blood with them to feed them.”

On the other hand.

Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk looked around the situation calmly and said.

“Is this possible? “Is that what I think?”

“maybe.”

“…okay.”

“No, what’s going on?”

Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk said to Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who was frustrated.

“I mean, this is no paradise. “It’s not even a suitable ally.”

“What is that….”

“It’s a breeding farm.”

Vampires who gain strength through human blood.

A place where they attract food.

That’s it.

What is the identity of this [large group of survivors]?

“Wake the soldiers up and start the car.”

“Are you coming back right away?”

“The guy you shot dead. “He seems like he has a certain status, both in terms of his level and the way he speaks. I don’t know how many more will attack him if it becomes known that he’s dead.”

We quickly woke up the soldiers and immediately returned to the ammunition battalion.

I thought as I rode a combat vehicle in the dark.

‘That’s probably the place that attracts the most survivors around here.’

But they were not trustworthy allies.

The gathered survivors will probably become prey for the vampires.

Or maybe I’ll just become another vampire.

Settled at a base called the Ammunition Battalion.

Survivors settle around and a society is created.

I thought I could finally live a little better with the farmer joining in.

‘It’s hard to live comfortably.’

Above our heads.

I didn’t know there were bat babies out there with the intention of eating humans.